Jan. 6 Committee calls on Ivanka Trump to voluntarily provide her testimony



The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 rioting at the U.S. Capitol formally asked Ivanka Trump to voluntarily answer questions about former President Donald Trump's behavior during the attack.

The daughter to the former president also served as a top advisor during the 2021 incident.

“The Select Committee wishes to discuss the part of the conversation you observed between President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on the morning of January 6th," read a letter from the committee.

"Similarly, the Select Committee would like to discuss any other conversations you may have witnessed or participated in regarding the president’s plan to obstruct or impede the counting of electoral votes,” they added.

The request is the first made by the committee to a member of the Trump family. They have also obtained phone records from Eric Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is engaged to be married to Donald Trump Jr.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Chris Hayes Thursday on MSNBC that there were repeated efforts to try to get the former president to intercede to stop the rioters, and some of those efforts were pointed at his daughter.

“We’re closing in on the target, Chris,” said Raskin about Ivanka Trump.

"Ivanka Trump is a critical figure because she was there in the morning we believe she was there when Donald Trump was still trying to twist Mike Pence's arm," he explained.

"And she was also a key figure in trying to get to pull Trump back, apparently," Raskin concluded. “She could really perhaps complete the portrait of what happened on January 6 for us.”

A spokesperson for Ivanka Trump issued a short statement about the committee's request:

As the committee already knows, Ivanka did not speak at the Jan. 6 rally. As she publicly stated that day at 3:15 p.m., 'any security or disrespect to our law enforcement is unacceptable. The violence must stop immediately. Please be peaceful.'

The National Archives said that they were in the process of delivering documents from the Trump administration requested by the committee after the Supreme Court denied the former president's request to block the committee.

Here's more about the committee request:

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Jan 6 Committee issues subpoenas for Roger Stone, Alex Jones, and 3 other Trump associates



The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 rioting at the U.S. Capitol issued 5 more subpoenas on Monday including that to Roger Stone and radio talk show host Alex Jones.

The newest round of subpoenas add to the nearly 2 dozen that the committee has already issued.

The other three people that were issued subpoenas were Dustin Stockman, who is said to have organized protests against the results of the election, his fiancé Jennifer Lawrence, and Taylor Budowich, a spokesperson for former President Donald Trump.

Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) issued a statement explaining why more subpoenas were issued.

"The Select Committee is seeking information about the rallies and subsequent march to the Capitol that escalated into a violent mob attacking the Capitol and threatening our democracy," wrote Thompson.

"We need to know who organized, planned, paid for, and received funds related to those events, as well as what communications organizers had with officials in the White House and Congress," he added. "We believe the witnesses we subpoenaed today have relevant information and we expect them to cooperate fully with our effort to get answers for the American people about the violence of January 6th."

The press release said that Roger Stone's testimony was being requested because he spoke at the rally the day before the rioting, and was scheduled to speak again after the violence broke out. Alex Jones had also spoken to the crowd of protesters the day before the attack, and Former Trump campaign official Steve Bannon refused to answer the subpoena leading to a vote in the House of Representatives to hold him in contempt of Congress. He was later arrested after a federal grand jury indicted him for refusing to comply with the subpoena.

Bannon turned himself in to the authorities but warned that the subpoena would become the "misdemeanor from hell" for both President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

The former president, meanwhile, has been in a legal battle to prevent the committee from obtaining his documents from the National Archives from his time in office. He has argued in court that they are still protected by executive privilege.

Here's more about the Jan. 6 Committee:

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